# Cross of Iron (1977)

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**Runtime**: 133 min
**Genres**: Drama, Action, History, War
**Directed by**: Sam Peckinpah
**Written by**: Julius J. Epstein, James Hamilton, Walter Kelley
**Starring**: James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner, Klaus Löwitsch, Vadim Glowna

> *On the Eastern front in 1943, the German soldiers no longer had any ideals. They were not fighting for the Party—but for their lives!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You're a German corporal, surviving the Eastern Front's retreat in 1943. But an ambitious captain arrives, obsessed with military honors. Peckinpah's war epic leaves you with mud, blood, and the sense that even losers can be fascists.

**Mood tags**: dread, raw

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